Improvement in cloth-plate slides for sewing-machines



E. P. WEST. cloth-Platevsl-ides for sewing-Machines.

No..lSSj-SS, l Patented Bec-.110,1872I A M. PHoramHoGfrAP/l/c co.Mrmssomvf's Pmzcsss.)

UNITED STATES i To all whom it may concern:

PATENT CEEIoE.

ELLIOTT PENDLETON WEST', oF JEEsEY cITY, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN CLCTH-PLATE SLIDESTFOR SEWING-MACHINES.A

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 133,733, dated December10, 1872.

Be itknown that I, ELLIOTT PENDLETON WEST, of JerseyOity, Hudson county,and

State of New Jersey, have invented a new and i Improved Cloth-PlateSlide for Sewing-Machines; and I hereby declare that the followingisafull, clear, and exact description thereof,

` reference bein ghad to the accompanying drawing making a part of this'specicatiom and .the letters of reference marked thereon, in which thesame letter represents the same thing in each gure.

Figure 1 is a top view of the cloth-plate of a sewing-machine with theimproved slide therein; Fig. 2, a top ,view of the improved slide.

^ A is'the slide; B, the cloth-plate; C, thcv needle-plate, a, the slotAin the slide.

Wear of the slides, from frequent insertion and removal, makes themloose, and in machines having shuttles playing in the line of motionwith the needle-varm,`the jar of the machine, if

the slides 4are loose, opens them, admitting thread and dirt, andembarrassing the operator by the shuttles suddenly jumping out orwedging under the needle-plate and. breakingthe i triie wider than therace, its compression will secure a'tight fit in the grooves in'which itis to be moved.

` A screw-driver will spring the slot a little wider, whenever Wearmakes it necessary to have a tighter fit.

What I claim as my invention, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

lThe spring-slide hereinbefore described, for the purpose set forth.

ELLIOTT PENDLETON WEST. Witnesses:

S. J. GoEDoN, GEO. H. CoLLINs.

